Ezra 4:13

New International Reader's Version

Here is something else we want you to know. Suppose this city is rebuilt. And suppose its walls are made like new again. Then no more taxes, gifts or fees will be collected. And sooner or later there will be less money for you.

Cross References

Ezra 4:14

We owe a lot to you. We don’t want to see dishonor brought on you. So we’re sending this letter to tell you what is going on.

Ezra 4:20

Jerusalem has had powerful kings. Some of them ruled over everything west of the Euphrates. Taxes, gifts and fees were paid to them.

Ezra 7:24

Here is something else I want you to know. You have no authority to collect taxes, gifts or fees from these people. You may not collect them from the priests, Levites or musicians. You may not collect them from those who guard the temple gates. You may not collect them from the temple servants. And you may not collect them from other workers at the house of God in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 5:4

Still others were saying, “We’ve had to borrow money. We needed it to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

Psalm 119:69

The lies of proud people have taken away my good name. But I follow your rules with all my heart.

Psalm 52:2

You plan ways to destroy others. Your tongue is like a blade that has a sharp edge. You are always telling lies.

Matthew 17:25

“Yes, he does,” he replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke first. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “Who do the kings of the earth collect taxes and fees from? Do they collect them from their own children or from others?”

Matthew 9:9

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew. He was sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him. Matthew got up and followed him.